TWO North Wales towns declared war on yobs yesterday and urged locals to blow the whistle on hooligans and criminals.

TWO North Wales towns declared war on yobs yesterday and urged locals to blow the whistle on hooligans and criminals.

Dyna Ddigon - loosely translated 'That's Enough' - an on-going police initiative aimed at tackling bad behaviour - was launched in the Bryn Offa and Hightown areas of Wrexham and at the same time along the coast at Colwyn Bay.

And in both towns members of the public were urged to play their part by supporting police surgeries where they will be able to pass on information about crime.

At Wrexham Chief Insp Bob Wilson said: "We know this is what people want.

"They don't want town centres to become no-go areas or our beauty spots to be spoiled by beer cans, syringes and burned-out vehicles."

He added: "We have had enough of unthinking, careless and brutish behaviour which is adversely affecting the quality of life for everyone and we will be working hard to eradicate it."

As well as an increase in police surgeries, truancy patrols will be stepped up with high visibility police patrols and the use of up-tothe-minute equipment to gather video evidence of criminal and anti-social behaviour.

The launch at Colwyn Bay comes hot on the heels of a police blitz which targeted drug dealing in the town last Thursday.

Codenamed Operation Paprika, it involved "stop and search" of individuals and vehicles and led to the arrest of three people - including one for robbery and deception and another for possession of a class B drug.

Insp Ken Jones said: "Drug dealing was raised by residents and the operation was in response to that and in support of Dyna Ddigon."

The initiative, which has been given a &#xA3;70,000 Home Office cash boost, is already up and running in the Peblig area of Caernarfon, Kinmel Bay and Connah's Quay.

It is being spearheaded by Assistant Chief Constable Clive Wolfendale, who said: "We will deal with anti-social behaviour firmly, fairly and creatively, to help make public places safe at all times."